1 Samuel 22:1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Saul’s Increasing Paranoia

22 So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam.^(A) When David’s brothers and his father’s whole family heard, they went down and joined him there.

Read full chapter

1 Samuel 22:1 in all English translations

1 Samuel 24:1-3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

David Spares Saul

24 When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines,^(A) he was told, “David is in the wilderness near En-gedi.”^(B) ²So Saul took 3,000 of Israel’s choice men^(C) and went to look for David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats. ³When Saul came to the sheep pens along the road, a cave was there, and he went in to relieve himself.^[a]^(D) David and his men were staying in the back of the cave,^(E)